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Tropical Hydrogeology and Environmental Engineering

Master of Science

Description

The Master of Science Course “Tropical Hydrogeology and Environmental Engineering” (TropHEE) aims at combining a comprehensive understanding of geoscientific fundamentals with a specific focus on issues of application that are essential in hydrogeology and environmental management. In particular, TropHEE concentrates on methods and modern techniques enabling the participants to find ways for a sustainable development of tropical and subtropical countries from a geoscientific point of view. Although in the broader framework of international development cooperation, TropHEE offers a comprehensive, research-oriented education in Hydrogeology and Environmental Geosciences and Engineering on Master level.

Module Handbook

Semester Course and Examination Schedule

Degree Programme Guidelines/Study Regulations

Course Catalogue

Departmental programme information

Institute for Applied Earth Sciences

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Degree Master of Science
Duration 4 Semesters
Language English
Programme Start winter semester
Admission Applying with international qualifications (language requirements, application deadlines): International Admission.
For admission to the Master’s degree programme applicants are required to prove geoscientific or civil engineering competences, or competences in a related subject on at least Bachelor level, as documented through a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Engineering degree or a comparable examination. Admission to the Master’s degree programme may also depend on additional requirements. Specific degree entrance requirements may be found here.
English language proficiency is regarded as proven if your previous degree (e.g. Bachelor) was taught entirely in English.
Internship see semester course schedule .
Part-time Studies No

While a Bachelor’s degree focuses mainly on the fundamentals of the field, the Master’s degree serves to upgrade the qualifications of graduates. The Master’s degree focuses more than the Bachelor’s degree on enabling and requiring students to adopt their own major focus and to work towards their own independent academic, scientific research profile.

For these reasons it is recommended that students complete a Master’s degree.

Upon successful completion of a Master of Science degree, there is the opportunity to begin working towards a Ph.D. either at the Technical University of Darmstadt or at another national or international university: Ph.D. at Technical University of Darmstadt

Having completed the course, the graduates are prepared for the following professional areas and fields of research:
transport and fate of contaminants, with specific knowledge concerning humid tropic and semiarid areas;
sustainable groundwater protection with emphasis on tropic areas;
planning, design and implementation of groundwater protection areas and catchment areas as well as catchment management;
site investigation and remediation of brown fields and contaminated water and soil;
soil erosion and protection;
investigation, assessment and sustainable exploitation of geo-resources, such as raw materials or water;
consulting in the fields of water resources and management.

In addition to this and generally it is recommended to start early in the degree programme to gain practical work experience in relevant organisations, institutions or companies. In this way students can promote themselves as competent professionals in practice and make important professional contacts.

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